Punotia lagopus(K.Schum.) D.R.Hunt

WFO wfo-0000750019 Accepted WFO 2026-06 3 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–c · 3 separate observations

Punotia lagopus, photographed by Humber Alberto
fig. a Humber Alberto, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-08-16 / obs. 175637779
Punotia lagopus, photographed by Humber Alberto
fig. b Humber Alberto, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 175637728
Punotia lagopus, photographed by Steven Bodzin
fig. c Steven Bodzin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 31153807

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Also published as 21 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Andinopuntia lagopus (K.Schum.) Guiggi
  • Andinopuntia lagopus subsp. septentrionalis Guiggi
  • Austrocylindropuntia lagopus (K.Schum.) I.Crook, J.Arnold & M.Lowry
  • Austrocylindropuntia lagopus (K.Schum.) F.Ritter
  • Austrocylindropuntia lagopus subsp. malyanus (Rausch) Ostolaza
  • Austrocylindropuntia malyana (Rausch) F.Ritter
  • Opuntia lagopus K.Schum.
  • Opuntia lagopus subvar. brachycarpa (Rauh & Backeb.) G.D.Rowley
  • Opuntia lagopus var. aurea (Rauh & Backeb.) G.D.Rowley
  • Opuntia lagopus var. aureo-penicillata (Rauh & Backeb.) G.D.Rowley
  • Opuntia lagopus var. leucolagopus (Rauh & Backeb.) G.D.Rowley
  • Opuntia lagopus var. pachyclada (Rauh & Backeb.) G.D.Rowley
  • Tephrocactus floccosus var. lagopus (K.Schum.) F.Ritter
  • Tephrocactus floccosus var. lapopus (K.Schum.) F.Ritter
  • Tephrocactus lagopus (K.Schum.) Backeb.
  • Tephrocactus lagopus subvar. brachycarpus Rauh & Backeb.
  • Tephrocactus lagopus var. aureo-penicillatus Rauh & Backeb.
  • Tephrocactus lagopus var. aureus Rauh & Backeb.
  • Tephrocactus lagopus var. leucolagopus Rauh & Backeb.
  • Tephrocactus lagopus var. pachycladus Rauh & Backeb.
  • Tephrocactus malyanus Rausch

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice and no toxicity claim, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite. It has no native range either: Kew's checklist does not cover this taxon.